Abstract: An abrasion-proof and static-erasing coating is formed on the contact surface of a contact image sensor. The coating comprises a first film having a high hardness and a low conductivity, a second film formed on the first film and having a low hardness and a high conductivity, and a third film having a high hardness and a high resistivity providing an abrasion-proof insulating external surface.

Abstract: A paperboard container and method of forming such container having a rolled brim is disclosed. The container being formed of a paperboard material having a caliper of at least approximately 0.007 inches, a rolled brim arc length of less than about 0.25 inches, an outer radius of curvature of the container cut through the plane normal to the axis of the rolled brim arc length adjacent the rolled brim being less than approximately 1.5 inches with the paperboard material forming the container having at least approximately 8 lbs/3,000 ft.sup.2 ream of size press adhesive included therein and preferably approximately 13 lbs/3,000 ft.sup.2 ream of paperboard material. One particular container includes dimensions wherein the outer radius of curvature of the container cut through the plane normal to the axis of the rolled brim arc length adjacent the rolled brim is approximately 1.

Abstract: Metal sparkles having one or more colors dispersed throughout a translucent resin at a concentration which eliminates the appearance of scratches and scuff marks on the resin surface. A pigment may be used in the translucent resin to yield a variety of decorative colors to create matching containers and utensils. The metal sparkle concentration in the translucent resin contains on an average 11/2%-3% metal sparkles by weight and 0.25%-1% color by weight. The sparkle concentration may be used at a letdown ratio of 4% resulting in a composition having an average of 0.06%-0.12% sparkles by weight and 0.01%-0.04% color by weight. The sparkles are random cuts of multi-colored aluminum having an average size of 1/64" (0.015) and are manufactured from the thinnest standard sheets of aluminum which are polished to a mirror-like surface of brilliant reflectivity.

Abstract: In an active matrix type liquid crystal display device, signal lines and scanning lines are crossed in a matrix form on a transparent substrate. A thin film transistor and a transparent pixel electrode are disposed at each intersecting portion. A liquid crystal is interposed between the transparent substrate and another transparent substrate. A central pixel electrode and a peripheral pixel electrode surrounding the central pixel electrode is arranged in each pixel region. When the pixel region has movement in a dynamic image display, after an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal by the peripheral pixel electrode, an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal by the central pixel electrode with a desired delay time.

Abstract: A silicon oxide film is formed to cover an island non-monocrystalline silicon region by plasma CVD using an organic silane having ethoxy groups (e.g., TEOS) and oxygen as raw materials, while hydrogen chloride or a chlorine-containing hydrocarbon (e.g., trichloroethylene) of a fluorine-containing gas is added to the plasma CVD atmosphere, preferably in an amount of from 0.01 to 1 mol % of the atmosphere so as to reduce the alkali elements from the silicon oxide film formed and to improve the reliability of the film. Prior to forming the silicon oxide film, the silicon region may be treated in a plasma atmosphere containing oxygen and hydrogen chloride or a chlorine-containing hydrocarbon. The silicon oxide film is obtained at low temperatures and this has high reliability usable as a gate-insulating film in a semiconductor device.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including preparing a multi-chamber system having at least first and second chambers, the first chamber for forming a film and the second chamber for processing an object with a laser light; processing a substrate in one of the first and second chambers; transferring the substrate to the other one of the first and second chambers; and processing the substrate in the other one of the chambers, wherein the first and second chambers can be isolated from one another by using a gate valve.

Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit for forming an offset gate structure by utilizing an anodic oxidation film fabricated around a gate electrode, even when a length of a gate line becomes long, the anodic oxidation film can be made uniform, and also electric characteristics of thin-film transistors can be matched with each other. In a semiconductor integrated circuit manufacturing method, a large number of insulated gate type field-effect transistors are connected with respect to a single gate line.

Abstract: A backflow prevention device for connection between an equipment liquid drain line and a sewer connection, the device being operable to prevent backflow of sewer waste into the equipment, comprising: an inlet opening at its upper portion, the inlet opening being connected to the drain pipe of the equipment; b) an outlet opening at its lower portion, the outlet opening being connected to the sewer; c) an arcuate liquid flow conduit, including a discharge opening, in liquid flow communication with the inlet opening for receiving inlet waste flow therefrom and redirecting and discharging it through the discharge opening in a downward vertical direction; d) a tubular liquid flow conduit in liquid flow communication with the outlet opening, the tubular flow conduit having an axial opening extending vertically therethrough and including an upper rim surrounding the axial opening; and e) a vertical connector on the tubular liquid flow conduit for supporting the arcuate liquid flow conduit in vertical spaced relation

Abstract: An electro-optical device having a plurality of pixel electrodes, each with at least one thin film transistor. The channel region of the transistor is spoiled by an impurity such as oxygen, carbon, or nitrogen. The photosensitivity of the channel region is reduced by the spoiling impurity and therefore the transistor includes immunity to illumination incident thereupon, which would otherwise impair the normal operation of the transistor. The spoiling impurity is not introduced into transistors that are located such that they do not receive light rays.

Abstract: A laser annealing process for recovering crystallinity of a deposited semiconductor film such as of silicon which had undergone morphological damage, said process comprising activating the semiconductor by irradiating a pulsed laser beam operating at a wavelength of 400 nm or less and at a pulse width of 50 nsec or less onto the surface of the film, wherein,said deposited film is coated with a transparent film such as a silicon oxide film at a thickness of from 3 to 300 nm, and the laser beam incident to said coating is applied at an energy density E (mJ/cm.sup.2) provided that it satisfies the relation:log.sub.10 N.ltoreq.-0.02(E-350),where N is the number of shots of the pulsed laser beam.

Abstract: A pulse-like heating is applied to a thin-film material having a high thermal conductivity such as a diamond thin film so that a response characteristic at this time is measured as a change in temperature of the thin film. The response characteristic reflects the thermal influence of the circumstance on the thin-film material, and depends, for example, on the flow rate of fluid. At this time, a sensor for obtaining an output depending on the fluid and the temperature of the fluid and a sensor for obtaining an output corresponding to the temperature of fluid are prepared to compare and process both the output with the result of obtaining an output which reflects the flow rate with accuracy not depending on the temperature.

Abstract: A speaker and its manufacturing method capable of reducing a man power required for mounting an input terminal and improving the product quality. The speaker manufacturing method uses a damper with a conductive member made of flat knitted tinsel wires loaded on or in a woven cloth. A terminal ring made of insulating material is mounted on the damper with the conductive member at its adhesive margin formed on the outer circumference portion. Input terminal lugs are mounted on the terminal ring. A voice coil is mounted on the damper with the conductive member and terminal ring. Input copper foil electrodes formed on the outer circumference of a coil bobbin of the voice coil is electrically connected to the end portions of the flat knitted tinsel wires extending to the inner hole of the damper with the conductive member. The terminal lugs are electrically connected to the ends of the flat knitted tinsel wires extending to the outer circumference of the damper with the conductive member.

Abstract: A cup dispenser is disclosed including a housing having an open end and a closed end defining a cup receiving cavity, a cup support reciprocally positioned within the cup receiving cavity for supporting at least one cup received in the cup receiving cavity and a spring for biasing the cup support towards the open end of the cup receiving cavity thereby projecting at least a portion of the cup from the housing. The cup dispenser further includes a guide for guiding the cup support within the housing with a guide including axially extending substantially diametrically opposed rails and a cup restraint for restraining outward movement of the cup within the cavity and a stop position adjacent the guide for stopping outward movement of the cup support. The stop includes at least one circumferentially extending contact surface which contacts a surface of the cup support in order to stop outward movement of the cup support.

Abstract: A light and cost effective speaker is provided which is suitable for a vehicle mount speaker, thin, and has a broad reproduction frequency band. Like a cone diaphragm and a center cap or the like, the cone diaphragm having a valley at the junction point with the center cap is integrally mounted with the center cap, and a plurality of voice coils, preferably three or more voice coils, are radially disposed along the valley or at the area near the valley to drive the diaphragm.

Abstract: A fluid-contained engine mounting device, containing a fluid in a fluid container closed up air-tightly by an elastic top wall and an elastic bottom diaphragm which is divided by a partition wall into a first fluid chamber closed by the elastic top wall and a second fluid chamber closed by the elastic bottom diaphragm and confining a predetermined quantity of a gas in the first fluid chamber, absorbs vibrations of the engine transmitted thereto through expansion and contraction of the elastic top wall and elastic bottom diaphragm.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission of a type having a toroidal transmission unit mounted for rotation on a engine torque input shaft and a planetary gear mechanism mounted on an output shaft in parallel to the input shaft to which engine torque is transmitted directly through an output gear fixedly mounted on the engine input shaft and through the toroidal transmission unit, is provided with a thrust generating mechanism mounted on the input shaft and pressed against a toroidal input disk for mechanically generating a axial thrust acting on the toroidal input disk. The thrust generating mechanism is located on the same side of the toroidal transmission unit as the side where the output gear is located.

Abstract: A circuit adapted to dynamically activate an electro-optical display device is constructed from a thin-film gate-insulated semiconductor device. This device comprises PMOS TFTs producing only a small amount of leakage current. Besides the dynamic circuit, a CMOS circuit comprising both NMOS and PMOS thin-film transistors is constructed to drive the dynamic circuit.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device comprising:a pair of substrates having an electrode arrangement thereon;an orientation control means provided on at least one of said substrates; anda ferroelectric or antiferroelectric liquid crystal layer interposed between said substrates, said liquid crystal layer being uniaxially oriented by virtue of said orientation control means,wherein means for suppressing an orientation control effect of said orientation control means with respect to said liquid crystal layer is provided between said liquid crystal layer and said orientation control means.

Abstract: A control system for an automatic transmission having at least a friction coupling element which is coupled with a hydraulic pressure increasing by way of a leveled transitional pressure has an accumulator which discharge a high level of pressure accumulated therein into the friction coupling element during a gear shift under the condition where the line pressure is low.

Abstract: An automatic transmission control system causes a downshift to a gear which can provide an effect of engine braking greater than that provided before the downshift when the vehicle falls its speed with a specified rate of speed reduction as a result of footbrake application while the vehicle is traveling on a downgrade having a slope greater than a specified slope.